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Political Geog. Vocab Devolution-Unitarialism

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Political Geography   Study of the political orginization of the world  
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Territoriality   Attempt of an induvidual or group to affect, influence, or control people, phenomena, and relationships by delimiting and asserting control over a geographic area.  
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Sovereignty   Having control over territory politically and Militarily. Expression of control and power over territory.  
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Territorial Integrity   Soveriegn states defend their territory against incurison from other states.  
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Mercantilism   Associated with the promotionof commercialism and trade.  
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Devolution   Movement of power from the central government to regional governments within a state.  
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Territorial Representation   The process of electing a representative from a territorially defined district.  
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Reapportionment   Process of which districts are moved according to population shifts  
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Majority-Minority Districting   Packed districts where a majority of the populationis from a minority.  
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Gerrymandering   Redistricting for an advantage.  
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Boundary   A vertical (imaginary) plane between states that cuts through rocks below and airspace above.  
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Geometric Boundaries   Boundaries drawn using a grid system such as latitude and longitude, or township and range.  
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Physical-Political Boundaries   follow an agreed upon feature in the physical geographiuc landscape.(EX. Lakes, Mountain ranges)  
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Heartland Theory   Theory proposed by Halford Mackinder stating that the rise of a superpower would occur in the heartland of europe.  
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Unilatarialism   One geopolitical world order with allies following instead of joining.  
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Supernational Orginization   Seperate entitiy composed of three or more states that forge and associationabd form an adminstrative structure for economic beinfets.  
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